Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
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1993-1996 Deborah Nusskern. Debbie was the laboratory's first tech. She subsequently participated in the human genome sequencing project spearheaded by Craig Venter at Celera Corp, and is now at Euclid Dianostics. |
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1993-1996 Jianping Song. Jianping was the lab's fist post-doc and is now Associate Director of Assay Development at Galenea Corp in Boston. During her time in the lab, Jianping studied the role of G protein myristoylation and palmitoylation in subunit binding and membrane localization. jsong@galenea.com |
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1995-1997 Kathy Gillen. Kathy completed her post-doc training and is now teaching biology at Kenyon College. Kathy's project was to map the determinants within Gpa1 required for proper targeting to the plasma membrane. gillenk@kenyon.edu |
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1994-1998 Donald M. Apanovitch. A former postdoc, Don is now Head of Functional Genomics at Pfizer. While in the lab Don demonstrated that the RGS protein Sst2 functions as a GTPase accelerating protein for the G protein in yeast Gpa1. |
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1995-1998 Paul DiBello. A former postdoc, Paul later worked in the field of bioinformatics and information technology. He is currently Director of Research Enterprise Systems at Yale University. While in the lab Paul identified an RGS-insensitive mutant form of the G protein, which is now widely used to study the role of RGS-mediated regulation in animals and cell culture. |
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1995-2000 Tiffany Garrison. Tiffany received her PhD in Pharmacology from Yale and later post-doc training with Robert Lefkowitz. During her time in the lab, Tiffany used mass spectrometry to map sites of MAPK phosphorylation within the RGS protein Sst2. She is now Group Leader at Abbott Corporation in Chicago. tiffany.garrison@abbott.com |
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1995-2000 Ginger Hoffman received her PhD in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program at Yale. In an effort to further postpone a career decision she enrolled in yet another PhD program in Philosophy at MIT. We're not sure what is more surprising, a second PhD or the existence of a philosophy department at MIT. Ginger now teaches at Loyola University in New Orleans. hoffman@loyno.edu |
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1999-2001 Scott Burchett. As a postdoc Scott pioneered the use of systems-level analysis of G protein signaling in yeast. |
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1996-2001 Kathleen Ehrhard received her PhD in Pharmacology from Yale and is now an attorney at Frommer Lawrence & Haug (YIKES!). While in the lab, Kathleen developed a new method to detect protein-protein interactions at the plasma membrane. KEhrhard@flhlaw.com |
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1999-2002 Louis Marotti earned his MD/PhD and then joined the Neurosurgery program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Working together with the Rudi Aebersold lab, Lou was the first individual to use mass spectrometry to map a ubiquitination-site. |
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1998-2003 Paul Flanary Paul received his Ph.D from the University of Hawaii. After moving off island, he has found more time to read (latest novel "Paradise Lost") and to eat (raw fish wrapped in seaweed). Paul is now Director of R&D at Awareness Technology. pflanary7@yahoo.com |
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2002-2003 Stefanie Hueber was a visiting Masters student and resident wunderkind from Germany, has since completed her PhD thesis research at Max Planck in Tubingen, and is currently a researcher in Applied Bioinformatics at University of Konstanz Germany. stefanie.hueber@uni-konstanz.de |
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1998-2003 Ming Guo Ming was a PhD student in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program at Yale. While in the lab Ming was the first to demonstate a positive signaling role for the yeast G protein alpha subunit Gpa1. He made other discoveries, but can't find his data at the moment. |
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2001-2004 Yuh-lin Wu While in the lab Yuh-Lin characterized a dominant-negative mutant of the G protein alpha subunit, Gpa1, currently being used to isolate new G protein binding partners. Yuh-Lin has returned to his native Taiwan where he is now Associate Professor in the Physiology Department at National Yang-Ming University. Yuh-lin is now known as Professor Wu to you. ylwu@ym.edu.tw |
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2001-2004 Scott Chasse A former postdoc, Scott pioneered genome-scale analysis of the yeast pheromone pathway. Having performed roughly 15,000 dose response assays, you can forgive his slightly dazed appearance. Scott has since relocated across the street where he is studying how the brain adapts to repetitive behaviors behaviors. Go Hokies. scott_chasse@med.unc.edu |
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2000-2005 Yuqi Wang A former postdoc, Yuqi is now Associate Professor of Biology at St. Louis University. Yuqi studies ubiquitination of pheromone signaling pathway components. While in the lab, Yuqi was the first to show stimulus-dependent ubiquitination of a MAPKK protein (Ste7), and the first to show pheromone-regulated sumoylation of a mating pathway component (Ste12 and Tec1). ywang8@slu.edu |
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2001-2005 Christine Fraser Christine was for many years the lab manager, and has since returned to the civilization of her native Australia, where she lives in harmony with her 35 cats. |
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2001-2006 Stephen Parnell As a postdoc Stephen studied regulation of pheromone siganling by MAPK phosphorylation. Stephen has since returned to his native Kansas as Assistant Research Professor at KUMC. Known for his "explosive" personality, he will be remembered as the the lab source of shooting flaming balls with report. Light fuse and get away. Rock chalk Jayhawk. Go KU. For a closer look at what is coming out of Stephen's nose, click here. sparnell@kumc.edu |
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2001-2006 Nan Hao Nan has graduated with his PhD in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department and then did a brief post-doc with Tim Elston in the Pharmacology Department. While in the lab Nan pioneered the use of quantitative and computational biology to investigate pheromone signaling dynamics in yeast. Nan is currently a postdoc with Erin O'Shea at Harvard University. nhao@mcb.harvard.edu |
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2002-2007 Corinne Zeller Corinne was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics. While in the lab she identified a signaling function for the atypical Gbeta protein Asc1. Her favorite number will always be 7. Her favorite letters will always be "W" and "D". After 3 years teaching biology at Saint Augustine's College, and a postdoc in Perry Blackshear's lab at NIEHS, she is now Medical Science Liaison at Vaya Pharma. In her spare time she can be seen at local Monica Lewinsky lookalike contests. zellerknuth@gmail.com |
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2003-2007 Janna Slessareva A native of Moscow, Janna joined the lab as a postoc in 2003. Janna discovered a new signaling pathway linking G protein activation to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase at endosome. Her work philosophy was simple: "throw P.I. in water and let him sink or swim." Having mastered use of definite articles (including much baffling word "the"), Janna has joined ranks of mushrooming biotechnology industry here in Research Triangle Park. |
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2003-2008 Michael J. Lee Mike was a graduate student in Pharmacology, and has since moved on to a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT working with Mike Yaffe. While in the lab Mike discovered a non-receptor activator of G protein signaling, called Arr4/Get3. mikejlee@mit.edu |
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2007-2010 Jeffrey Duffy A native of North Carolina, Jeff received his BS in Biology from UNC in 2008. After graduating he spent two years grinding his teeth over protein purification, and has since headed to UNC's School of Dentistry. Smile y'all. jwduffy@email.unc.edu |
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2005-2010 Erin Heenan A true Tar Heel, Erin was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics. Her project was to unmask the structure-function relationships of an atypical G protein beta/gamma complex (Vps15/Atg14) located at the endosome. After receiving her PhD Erin headed off to law school at George Mason University. erin.heenan@gmail.com |
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2007-2010 Laura Hall A native of Arizona, Laura was a member of the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics training program and graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics. Her Master's thesis project was focused on the scaffolding function of the yeast RGS protein Sst2. Laura has since moved to the west coast to pursue new passions. Laura.M.Hall85@gmail.com |
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2005-2011 Steven Cappell Steve was a graduate student in the Pharmacology Department. His project was to mine the "essential genome" for new regulators of G protein signal transduction. Steve has since moved to the Tobias Meyer lab at Stanford University. scappell@stanford.edu |
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2008-2011 Evan Lien Evan was a UNC Chemistry/Biochemistry major and a Morehead-Cain scholar, working with Michal to identify new regulators of MAPK signal fidelity. Evan worked in the lab for 3+ years, attaining honorary grad student status. Evan is now earning a bona fide PhD working with Alex Toker at Harvard Medical School. elien@fas.harvard.edu |
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2006-2011 Janice Jones. Jan was a postdoc in the lab working with Alan Jones on a unique self-activating G protein from plant, later Assistant Professor in the department and now doing metabolomics research at Metabolon. biochemnerd2000@yahoo.com |
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2005-2012 Michal Nagiec Michal was a graduate student in the Pharmacology Department working on signal coordination between the osmotic-stress and mating-pheromone pathways. After a brief postdoc he has moved to the John Blenis lab at Harvard Medical School, and is clearly delighted with his good fortune. Michal_Nagiec@hms.harvard.edu |
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2007-2012 Matthew Torres, PhD Matt was a grad student in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department having worked with Christoph Borchers, and then joined the lab as a postdoc working on cell cycle regulation of G protein ubiquitination. Matt has since packed up his beloved desk ornament and joined the faculty of the Biology Department at Georgia Tech. matthew.torres@biology.gatech.edu |
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2010-2012 Jillian Hurst, PhD Jill was a postdoc working on protein kinase ubiquitination and signal fidelity. She is now an editor at the Journal of Clinical Investigation. |
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researchers Over the years the Dohlman lab has hosted numerous college and high school researchers. One or two have actually decided to become scientists! If you are out there, drop us a line and let us know what you are up to. Fedor Kossakovski (UNC/Duke '16) * Josh Sheetz (UNC '15)* Vish Sridharan (UNC '14) * Holly Lien (UNC '14) Everett Young (UNC '13) * Norman Pham (UNC '12) * Evan Lien (UNC '11) Jeffrey Duffy (UNC '08) Justin Brewster (McGill '08) Christopher Broda (NC State '07) Jeffrey Brodin (St. Scholastica '07) Davida Williams (RAP '04) Michael Dean (France) Chen Zhu (RAP '02) Lee Kiang (Yale '01) Thomas Cantey (Yale '99) Maria Hernandez (Wiley College '98) Anuli Umeojiako (Delaware State '97) Houman Fardin (Yale '97) Tom Kraikit (Yale '96) Temiyabutr Surabhan (Yale '95) Thuan Bui (UC Berkeley '94) * current student |
